En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Sir Thomas Allen

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Glasgow

09 mai 2026

Sir Thomas Allen’s Figaro for Scottish Opera still entertains

Par David Smythe

Glyndebourne

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe, 09 juin 2024

Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal.

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Glyndebourne

09 juin 2024

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe

David Stout (Bartolo) and Samuel Dale Johnson (Figaro) © James Glossop

Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Par David Smythe, 17 octobre 2023

Sir Thomas Allen returns to Scottish Opera to revive The Barber of Seville with a strong cast headed by Samuel Dale Johnson, Anthony Gregory, David Stout and Simone McIntosh.

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Glasgow

17 oct. 2023

Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Par David Smythe

Sir Thomas Allen directs a delightful Don Giovanni at Scottish Opera

Par David Smythe, 21 mai 2022

Set in the sinister backstreets of Venice, this production from 2013 boasts strong singing all around and brisk, bright conducting by Stuart Stratford.

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Glasgow

21 mai 2022

Sir Thomas Allen directs a delightful Don Giovanni at Scottish Opera

Par David Smythe

Edimbourg

Devilish downpour cannot dampen The Soldier's Tale at the EIF

Par Roy Westbrook, 21 août 2021

Rarely has so distinguished a group been assembled to give this work live; it would have shone as a highlight even in a normal year of visiting foreign ensembles and performers.

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Edimbourg

21 août 2021

Devilish downpour cannot dampen The Soldier's Tale at the EIF

Par Roy Westbrook

Stovepipe hats are back: Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

Par David Smythe, 04 mai 2019

Sir Thomas Allen’s crowd-pleasing Magic Flute returns to Scottish Opera in a finely sung performance with Tobias Ringborg drawing period colours from the orchestra.

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Glasgow

04 mai 2019

Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

Par David Smythe

There's no disguising it: duplicity and deceit as Così fan tutte returns to The Royal Opera

Par Stephen Pritchard, 25 février 2019

Everyone is in the know in Jan Philipp Gloger's “School for Lovers”, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden.

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Londres

25 févr. 2019

Duplicity and deceit as Così returns to The Royal Opera

Par Stephen Pritchard

Missing too many bullseyes: Bernstein's Candide semi-staged by the LSO

Par Mark Valencia, 08 décembre 2018

Jane Archibald gave possibly the most dazzling account of Cunegonde's music that I’ve heard.

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Londres

08 déc. 2018

Bernstein's Candide semi-staged by the LSO

Par Mark Valencia

Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos is witty and passionate

Par David Smythe, 24 mars 2018

Antony McDonald’s take on Ariadne auf Naxos, a co-production from Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park, sparkles with wit.

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Glasgow

24 mars 2018

Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos is witty and passionate

Par David Smythe

The Met's Merry Widow fails to convince

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 16 décembre 2017

A conventional and quite predictable staging of Lehár’s most famous operetta was saved by dedicated musicians.

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New York

16 déc. 2017

The Met's Merry Widow fails to convince

Par Edward Sava-Segal

Glyndebourne

Keep calm and carry on singing: love and art overcome wartime adversity in Glyndebourne’s Ariadne

Par Matthew Rye, 25 juin 2017

A superlative cast and perceptive staging make for a gripping revival of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Glyndebourne Festival.

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Glyndebourne

25 juin 2017

Keep calm and carry on singing

Par Matthew Rye

Manchester

A shattering Gurre-Lieder from the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and Sir Mark Elder

Par Rohan Shotton, 04 juin 2017

Sir Mark Elder's 70th birthday Gurre-Lieder threatens to dislodge the roof in Manchester with the combined forces of the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic

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Manchester

04 juin 2017

A shattering Gurre-Lieder from the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and Sir Mark Elder

Par Rohan Shotton

The indiscreet charmlessness of the bourgeoisie: Adès brings The Exterminating Angel to opera

Par David Karlin, 24 avril 2017

Luis Buñuel's derision at the sense of entitlement of over-privileged, self-righteous prigs shines through a high quality operatic adaptation.

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Londres

24 avril 2017

Adès brings The Exterminating Angel to opera

Par David Karlin

Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera revives The Marriage of Figaro

Par Gregor Forbes, 12 octobre 2016

Inventive comedy and excellent musicality bring Sir Thomas Allen’s traditional production back to life.

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Glasgow

12 oct. 2016

Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera's Figaro

Par Gregor Forbes

Salzburg

The Exterminating Angel: Salzburger Uraufführung in surrealer Atmosphäre

Par Christine Arnold, 28 juillet 2016

Mit viel Zuspruch belohnte das Publikum der Salzburger Fespiele Thomas Adès, Tom Cairns und alle Musiker für eine stimmige und spannende Uraufführung.

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Salzburg

28 juil. 2016

Surreale Uraufführung: The Exterminating Angel

Par Christine Arnold

Manchester

Sir Thomas Allen and Joseph Middleton: Echoes of a Mountain Song

Par Imogen Phoebe Webb, 30 mars 2016

Wednesday night saw the masterful rendition of British songs, by the legendary baritone at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, part of the ‘Echoes of a Mountain Song’ series.

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Manchester

30 mars 2016

Echoes of a Mountain Song in Manchester

Par Imogen Phoebe Webb

Karita Mattila a peerless Ariadne at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 10 octobre 2015

Jane Archibald and Ruxandra Donose provide a compelling prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos, while Karita Mattila's majestic performance lights up the opera seria second half.

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Londres

10 oct. 2015

Karita Mattila a peerless Ariadne

Par David Karlin

Kurzak and Pidò inspire a rumbustious Turco in Italia in Caurier and Leiser's Dolce Vita production

Par David Karlin, 11 avril 2015

Aleksandra Kurzak delivers a top drawer performance as Fiorilla, leading a star-studded cast as Evelino Pidò gives us a lesson in how to conduct Rossini in the latest revival of Il turco in Italia.

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Londres

11 avril 2015

Kurzak and Pidò inspire a rumbustious Turco in Italia

Par David Karlin

Gala opening to The Merry Widow at The Metropolitan Opera

Par David Browning, 31 décembre 2014

Only the slightest of quibbles with a fun, frothy new production of The Merry Widow at The Met.

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New York

31 déc. 2014

Gala opening to The Met's The Merry Widow

Par David Browning

Gateshead

Britten in Gateshead: The North East's War Requiem

Par Jane Shuttleworth, 08 novembre 2014

Sir Thomas Allen and Robert Murray give a compelling performance as the two soldiers in Britten's War Requiem.

Gateshead

08 nov. 2014

The North East's War Requiem

Par Jane Shuttleworth

Naxos capitulates, Mattila’s Ariadne reigns

Par Mark Pullinger, 25 juin 2014

As revivals go, Karita Mattila and Jane Archibald make the Royal Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos a must-see.

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Londres

25 juin 2014

Naxos capitulates, Mattila’s Ariadne reigns

Par Mark Pullinger

Minimalist intensity: Robert Carsen's Dialogues des Carmélites at Covent Garden

Par David Karlin, 29 mai 2014

Robert Carsen’s production is an exercise in extreme minimalism. Dialogues des Carmélites is a great opera, and this production touches greatness without quite grasping it in both hands.

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Londres

29 mai 2014

Minimalist intensity: Robert Carsen's Dialogues des Carmélites at Covent Garden

Par David Karlin

Scottish Opera's sinister Venetian Don Giovanni suits the dark tale perfectly

Par David Smythe, 26 octobre 2013

A year of theatre refurbishment leaves Scottish Opera with only three and half full productions this season, so the spotlight turned firmly onto this Don Giovanni from director Sir Thomas Allen, designer Simon Higlett and lighting designer Mark Jonathan.

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Glasgow

26 oct. 2013

Scottish Opera: Don Giovanni

Par David Smythe

Edimbourg

Edinburgh International Festival: Scottish Chamber Orchestra play Fauré's Requiem led by Robin Ticciati

Par Alan Coady, 17 août 2013

A concert programme can resemble a puzzle; searching for links and contrasts often results in a more enjoyable, unified experience. I therefore strove to arrive in sufficient time for a careful reading of the programme notes for this performance by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Usher Hall, part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

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Edimbourg

17 août 2013

Edinburgh International Festival: Scottish Chamber Orchestra play Fauré's Requiem led by Robin Ticciati

Par Alan Coady

Chicago

Don Pasquale sparkles at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Par Kristina Powers, 25 novembre 2012

The human race craves comic relief... a universally accepted fact throughout the entire history of mankind. Comic books, sitcoms, comic theater... all seek to blissfully whisk us out of the doldrums and politics of today’s ever-busy society.

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Chicago

25 nov. 2012

Don Pasquale sparkles at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Par Kristina Powers

Scottish Opera's steampunk Magic Flute delights

Par David Smythe, 27 octobre 2012

Following acclaimed productions at Scottish Opera of The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, recently revived, Thomas Allen returns to Glasgow to direct The Magic Flute.

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Glasgow

27 oct. 2012

Scottish Opera's steampunk Magic Flute delights

Par David Smythe

Miller's no-frills Mozart is back: Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House

Par Francesca Vella, 27 janvier 2012

The last opera of the Mozart/Da Ponte cycle – the second of the composer’s operas to be performed in this Mozart-dominated season at the Royal Opera House – Così fan tutte pivots on two pairs of young lovers whose affection is put to the test by an old ‘philosopher’, Don Alfonso. Women, the old man argues, are all the same: never constant in their love, never loyal to their men.

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Londres

27 janv. 2012

Miller's no-frills Mozart is back: Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House

Par Francesca Vella

Ariadne auf Naxos

Par Dr.B, 10 mai 2011

The Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos was inspired by the Moliere play The Middle-Class Gentleman. The richest man in Vienna has arranged for two entertainments--one a serious opera composed by a young man just for the occasion, and the other an Italian comedy group. He decides at the last minute to combine the two into one entertainment. If he were a proper gentleman, he would know better.

New York

10 mai 2011

Ariadne auf Naxos

Par Dr.B

Wacky Ariadne Marvels But Isn't Marvelous

Par Gale Martin, 07 mai 2011

Tumblers and fire jugglers in rainbow colors. Singing nymphs soaring for stories into the air. Arias deeply dramatic and broadly comic. The Metropolitan Opera’s interpretation of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss is a magical mashup of modern and classic, seria and buffa, technique and technology that pleases but falls short of terrific for this reviewer.

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New York

07 mai 2011

Wacky Ariadne Marvels But Isn't Marvelous

Par Gale Martin

Hurrah! The Witch is Dead!

Par Hilary Fisher, 29 décembre 2010

This reviewer fully expected not to enjoy today’s matinee, having read the recent Guardian review and heard mixed reports from friends who saw it when it first came out.

Londres

29 déc. 2010

Hurrah! The Witch is Dead!

Par Hilary Fisher

The Met in HD, Der Rosenkavalier, 2010

Par Aksel Tollåli, 01 septembre 2010

Read our review of Nathaniel Merrill's production of Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, in its 2010 HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.